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Gulf oil leak for good. >> but bp insists its only a temporary setback and that the busted well should be permanently fixed soon. diana alvear is joining us now with the very latest. hi, diana. >> reporter: vinita, rob, good morning. "operation static kill" has suffering another setback. bp announced a small leak has been found at the static well site and that must be repaired before the static kill can happen again. thats estimated to happen some time today. the operation will involve pumping m...

Pressu pressure. we found that out in time and locked the valve shut and had the valves failed for any particular reason that might have caused hydrocarbons to go into the environment and thats not good. in the course of the checks done to leading up to the injection tests, twa located and they were able to deal were it over night. >> its been stopped? >> its been stopped. as soon as we get the injection test completed, which we hope to start very, very soon. we are on a minute-to-minute basis. ...

And community development proje projects, and those, too, will start to wind down soon and what we are left with is a mountain of debt to put a drag on the economy and not a boost. >> reporter: now the vice presidents office which is overseeing the stimulus plan defended the program noting that the examples given by the two senators account for 25% of 1% of all of the money spent on all stimulus projects. >> wolf? >> thank you, lisa. and in "the situation room" right now, breaking news, bp beg...

How this is all going to go down. >> reporter: listening to admiral thad allen, you can see why it always takes a little bit of translation to really understand what hes talking about. this is the single biggest moment in ending the threat of this well since they got that cap on and once they have been able to do that static kill that procedure theyre talking about, they will pump it full of mud and push the oil back down in the reservoir where it cant be of trouble been again. before they do th...

Theyll pump heavy drilling mud and eventually cement at the top of the well. all of the pipes, all of the valves have to be able to withstand the pressure. thad allen was saying -- quoting him here, one of the things theyre looking for is if they start pumping mud in and all of a sudden, the pressure doesnt go down, they would hit just a flat line and the pressure stays there. that means its going somewhere and that would be of grave concern to them. heres something else thats happening. while t...

Pumping mud and then cement into the busted well. allen describes what happens if the static kill goes forward. >> at that point, theyll begin to pump mud into the choke line, and the horizon blowout preventer. it will start at one barrel per minute and is move that up to two barrels per minute. there is going to be a very low rate of injection into the well, because we do the not need to do it at a higher rate as the top kill, because there is a pressure back on the well with a capping stack. w...

It appears he knows nothing of making bombs or flying planes but counterterrorism experts say his message distinctly made in america is his most powerful weapon. >> all right, deb, thank you for that report. next hour, we will look at simulators between drug cartels. raphael romo will join me to discuss the terrorism just south of the border. top stories, now, bp plans to begin sealing the damaged oil well today. tons of mud and cement will be forced into the well. a shooting at a beer distr...

Heres whats happening. a delivery driver facing dismissal for stealing went on a shooting rampage in connecticut killing eight co-workers before turning the gun on himself. bp has started the so-cal c static kill, pumping mud and cement into the well hoping to plug the well. senate panel has delayed a vote on nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia saying they need more time to build a bipartisan consensus. the department of homeland security says they tracked down a computer virus desig...

Im rob nelson. >> and im vinita nair. cleanup crews in the gulf were set to start the critical next step to plug that undersea oil well but they are delayed. >> before crews could start the work, they discovered something wrong. diana alvear has the latest. good morning, diana. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. "operation static kill" has suffered yet another setback. bp announced that a small leak has been found at the damaged well site. and that leak must be repaired before static k...

Different from the top kill they tried once before. >> it is different, because this time, there is a cap, if i can show you one of my crude renderings here on this draw/erase board. they have the cap on top of the ruptured well. thats the difference. before the top kill, there was no cap and so theyre trying to force the heavy fluid and mud into the rupture well without any kind of containment. thats different this time around with the static kill. and bp just wrapped up a technical briefing ju...